Key: F major
Verse 1
F
Bb
Dm
Farewell, farewell to ye!
F
C
Macpherson's life will no be long
F
Bb
On yonder gallows tree.
C
F
Bb
F
C
Say ran -tan -lee and say wan -tan -lee,
F
Bb
Dm
say don -tan -lee, gay thee
Bb
F
Bb
He played a tune and he
F
Bb
C
below the gallows tree
F
C
Take off these bands from off my hands
F
Dm
and give to me my sword
F
C
And there's no a man in all Scotland
F
Bb
but I'll brave him at his word
C
F
Bb
F
C
Say rantantly and say wantantly,
F
Bb
Dm
Say dauntingly gay dee,
F
Bb
F
C
He played a tune and he danced around
F
Bb
Below the gallows tree.
C
F
Oh, there's some come here
F
Dm
And some to buy my fiddle
F
C
But before that I do part with her
F
Bb
I'll break her through the middle
C
F
Bb
C
He took his fiddle in both of his hands
F
Bb
Dm
And he broke it o 'er a stone
F
Bb
Saying there's no other hand
F
Bb
C
When I am dead and gone
F
Bb
F
C
Say rambly and say wantonly,
F
Bb
Dm
say dauntingly giddy,
F
Bb
C
He played a tune and he danced around
F
Bb
below the gallows tree.
C
F
C
The reprieve was comin'
o 'er the brig of Banff
F
Dm
To set Macpherson free
F
C
But they put the clock a quarter before
F
Bb
C
And they hanged him from a tree
F
Bb
F
C
Say wrong -tun -ly and say one -tun -ly
F
Bb
Dm
Say done -tun -ly, gate -ee
F
Bb
He'll play the tune and
F
Bb
Below the gallows tree
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF C Bb Dm
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